Garment-pressing machine



Aug. 21, 1923; v

, P. N BRAUN GARMENT PRESSING MACHINE Filed Dec. 30, 1921 f INVENTOR.

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' INCQ, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK,

PHILIP 1v. BRAUN, or SYRACUSE, NEW Yonn; assrenon To The rnosrnnrrv o0,"v V ncconroaa'rron or new 'Yonxl? GARMENT-PRESSING MAOH INE,

Appliea'tion'filed December 30,-.1921, Serial No. 525,884.

To all wfio'm it concern Be it known that I, PHILIP I citizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the countyofOnondag'a and 5 State of New York, haveinvented-certain new and useful 'Garment-Pressing Machines, of which thefollowing is a specificatiom This invention relates to steam pressing f machines as garmentpresses and the like, and has for its object a particularly simple and efiicient arrangement of the operating Y members or pedal leversby which the passage of steam thiOughthe garment being pressed can be operated at will independently or by the same foot operating the main.

7 actuating pedal for actuating the press head without shifting'thefoot fromone -pedal-to another. .1 a

j 'The invention consists in the novelfea}v tures and in the combinations-and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed."

In describing this invention, reference is had 'to'the-accompanying drawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts Figure -1 is a fragmentary prospective view of a garment pressing machineembodying my invention. v v

- Figure 2 is an-enlarged fragmentary plan view of the main pedal-and the pedal for controlling the'passage of. steam to the garment being pressed. 1

The machine may be of any suitable size, form and-construction and is of the type,

7 set forth iii-Patent No, 1,252,988, issued Jan.

8,- 1918, to A. C. Austin.

Such machine comprises generally, a frame 1, a press head "or lower buck '2 and an upper pressing head'3 movable toward and from thebuck 2 and suitably supported to be moved, mechanism for moving the upper 7 press head towardthe buck comprising a pedal lever 4; pivoted at 5 to the frame and connected by suitable mechanism such as shown in said patent to the upper press'head 3, and a valve-controlled conduit for cons trolling the flow of steam throughone or the other of the pressing elements 2], 3 here shown as the lower buck 2 and through the cloth, operating the valve of such conduit and having its foot engaging portion extendin crosswise of the foot engaging por-- tion 0 the pedal at and projecting above the. face of the pedal-4.- in order to be operated 1 tending ythesamelfoot engaged with the foot en gaging portion of the pedal 4.

, 6 designates the valve casing connected in.

theconduit for the steam or other fluidr rod for.v0pi I -8 s the pedal for operating, the rod 7, the pedal beingpivo-ted at. 9 to the main frame and having a foot engaging'portion 10 having aportion 1O extending-under the foot engag ng portion or plate '11 ofthe ;7 is a reciprocally movable crat ng the valve'in" the casing 6.

main pedal 4' and being spaced-apart far enough from "the portion 11 to permit the lever 4to .beoperatedvwithout operating the peda1 8,-but having a'projection 12. ex-

above the p-lane o the plate 11 of the pe v and here shown-as projecting through a al 4 when the pedal4 is depressed;

hole 14 in said plate 11,.in order to be en- 1 'gagedfif desired, with the same foot'used tonope'rate the pedal 4 without shifting such foot. The pedal 4 and the toggle mecha-C nism operated thereby locks 'itselfinv depressed position as will be understood by In operation, the operator depresses the pressing the garment or other article on the lower buck 2. i

If it'is desired, to pass "steam through such jarticl'ethe operator depresses the projection12 with the toe of the same foot thus actuating-the-lever 8 and opening the valvegof the casing 6 if it is desired topass steam through the garment when the press-- those skilled in the art and an'additional.

e5 I pedal 4 by pressing hislfojot on the plate 11 thereof thereby bringing the head .3 down towardjthe' face of the lowerbuck 2 and ing head is up the operator presses the lever 8 in the ordinary manner by engaging the foot with the plate 10. 10r the operator may so place his foot on the plate 11 of the pedal 4-that his foot covers the. hole 14 so that when the pedal 4 is depressed the lever 8 isa'lso operated by the same operation.

What I claim is:

A' pressing machine including" pressing elements, one of which is movable toward and from the other, a valve controlled conduit for supplying steam to the face of one of said elementsi a. pedal foi actuating the snido'pening, substantially as and for the ,mo'vable element, said pedal having a foot purpose set forth.

plate rigid therewith, a second pedal for In testimony whereof, I have herelin'tdlo controlling the valve of said conduit, the signed mvname, at Sy'racuse,'in the county 5 foot plate being formedwith an bpening in 0i Onondaga, and State of'NewYork, this its foot engaging'portion and the second 9th day of December, 1921. pedal havinga projection extending through PHILIP N. BRAUN. 

